| Sa., 23.06.1973 | BSG Chemie Leipzig - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 4:1 |
| Sa., 23.06.1973 | BFC Dynamo - BSG Wismut Aue | 3:1 |
| Sa., 23.06.1973 | SG Dynamo Dresden - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2:1 |
| Sa., 23.06.1973 | 1. FC Magdeburg - HFC Chemie | 5:4 |
| Sa., 23.06.1973 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - 1. FC Union Berlin | 3:0 |
| Sa., 23.06.1973 | FC Hansa Rostock - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 0:1 |
| Sa., 23.06.1973 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 1:2 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 18-6-2 | 61:30 | 31 | 42 - 10 |
| 2. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 15-9-2 | 46:21 | 25 | 39 - 13 |
| 3. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 14-6-6 | 50:28 | 22 | 34 - 18 |
| 4. |  |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 26 | 12-6-8 | 57:41 | 16 | 30 - 22 |
| 5. |  |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 11-8-7 | 33:32 | 1 | 30 - 22 |
| 6. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 26 | 9-8-9 | 41:42 | -1 | 26 - 26 |
| 7. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 26 | 10-5-11 | 54:46 | 8 | 25 - 27 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 8-8-10 | 37:43 | -6 | 24 - 28 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 26 | 5-11-10 | 21:26 | -5 | 21 - 31 |
| 10. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 26 | 6-8-12 | 36:44 | -8 | 20 - 32 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 7-6-13 | 27:46 | -19 | 20 - 32 |
| 12. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 26 | 8-3-15 | 37:56 | -19 | 19 - 33 |
| 13. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 26 | 7-4-15 | 22:45 | -23 | 18 - 34 |
| 14. | |  | HFC Chemie | 26 | 4-8-14 | 35:57 | -22 | 16 - 36 |